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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1950.156
Title
Rectangular Pillow with Decoration of a Mountain Village and Fishermen in Boats
Classification
Furnishings
Work Type
headrest
Date
14th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Yuan dynasty, 1279-1368
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/203476

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Painted Cizhou ware: light gray stoneware with decoration painted in iron-brown slip on a white slip ground under a clear glaze; with stamped inscription reading "Gu Xiang Zhang Jia Zao"
Dimensions
L. 30.48 cm (12 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of C. Adrian Rübel
Accession Year
1950
Object Number
1950.156
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Yutaka Mino, Freedom of Clay and Brush through Seven Centuries in Northern China: Tz'u-chou Type Wares, 960-1600 A.D., exh. cat., Indianapolis Museum of Art (Indianapolis, 1980), pp. 146-147, cat. 61
  • Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), no. 39, p. 40

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